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K05.ONO
H.845
Itcffardlpss of how tho fight rocs thcro
will probably ln Imrtmins for Junk men
in tlio China sou before many days.
Now that the bills are coining In, tho
county board Ik discovering that the
Juvenile court Is a luxury that costs
money.
Klnce I'l-esldent Castro has failed to
force the United States to make him a
martyr he may soon lie ready to talk
business.
The transition from a World's fair
holiday to a strict Puritan Sunday Is
altogether too great for St. I.ouU to
make all at one Jump.
Kau Francisco police ore pursuing the
alleged murderer of au Italian with" a
strenuousity which Indicates a desire to
forget the death of Mrs. HMuford.
In deciding to replace submarine
mines with submarine boats the Amer
ican naval hoard is offering another
practical rebuke to rtusshm methods.
Since President ItooMeVelt and Com
missioner (iarflcld have both started on
hunting exposition the wolves may
Jiava Intelligent sympathy for the Stand
Off magnates.
tias Inspector Lynch wants to do more
to earn his salary and the council should
by all means give him a chance to earn
it by providing the necessary apparatus
for gas meter tests. ' '
The next thing after filling the vacan
cies on the Ak-Mar-Keii board is to
buckle down to work and start the ball-n-rolllng
for demonstration in houor of
No. XI of the royal line.
The recent collapse of the Madrid
reservoir would Indicate that Spanish
contractors had been taking lessons
from some of the men who build apart
ment houses in New York.
The recent gentile demonstration
against the Mormon church In Utah
would indicate that It Is easier to forgive
polygamous practices than the church
control of business enterprises.
If the report that Ilussell Sage is to
retire from Wall street proves true as
piring brokers' clerks will have to dis
cover another man to keep them posted
as to how much to pay for their wearing
apparel.
Before voting a four-year extension
of the electric light coutract the council
should study the statistics of compara
tive cost of electric light la Omahu and
other cities recently compiled by the city
electrician.
Omaha funeral directors occupy a
great deal of swee In the want columns
of local pniH'is. They WHnt more busi
ness and they ought to have it. Omaha
mill has a Tew more mossbacks who
could be spared.
Senator Piatt of New York is said to
have formed a combination with former
Sovernor Black to control the repub
lican party of that state; but there Is a
man chasing wolves out west who may
have something to say when control of
tha party In New York really means
something.
Our li'ii rped county Judge has declared
the Inheritance tax law that has been
enforced throughout Nebraska for sev
eral ycara unconstitutional and void.
No danger, however, that he will declare
tho blenulal election law unconstitu
tional it gives him aa extra unearned
yeur lu his office.
r.un i kf.a tjik.vt for all.
The most Important of President
ltooserelfs speeches In Texas was the
one made before the legislature. It
showed that he firmly adheres to the
position he stated in his last nnnuitl mes
sage regarding railway regulation and
will continue to urge such legislation
as he deems necessary to relieve the
public from existing evils and abuses.
He would have the rallrouds, whose
services in the development of the coun
try he recognizes, treated fairly and
Justly. He will not Ix; a party to any
proposition that would interfere with
t lie proper nud legitimate prosperity of
those who manage the railroads. But
he insists that "the public has it ijt,
not a privilege, but a duty, to see tout
there Is In Its behalf exercised such a
supervisory and regulatory power over
the railroads ns will insure that, while
they give fair treatment, they them
selves get it In return."
The president sold that tho proper ex
ercise of that power is conditioned upon
the securing of proper legislation which
will enable the representatives of the
public to sec that any unjust, or oppres
sive, or discriminating rates are altered
so as to be a just and fair rate, "and
an altered immediately." Such power,
he remarked, might occasionally be
abused, but "there must be a certain
trust placed la the common sense and
the common honesty of those who are
to enforce the law." In this connection
Mr. Itooscvolt said: "If it ever falls,
and 1 think It will, to my lot to nomi
nate a board to carry out such a law, I
shall nominate men, as far as I am able,
on whose ability, courage and integrity
I can count; men who will not be
swayed by any Influence whatever, di
rect or indirect, social, political or any
other, to show improper favoritism to
the railroads, and who, on the other
hand. If a railroad Is unjustly attacked,
no mailer if that attack lias ls'liind It
the feeling or prejudice of '. per cent
of the people, will stand up against that
attack." There can be no doubt of the
absolute sincerity of the president in
making these utterances. They offer no
encouragement to the extremists, either
those opposed to any supervision and
regulation of railroads, or those who
want a policy which would amount to
the practical court sent ion of the property
of the railroads. The position of Mr.
Koosevelt appeals to conservative ami
fair-minded people those who desire
only Justice, and while demanding ade
quate protection for the public against
abuses would at the same time deal
fairly with the railroads.
It Is noteworthy that the president Is
evidently confident that the legislation
which he advocates will lie enacted. It
is his understood purpose to cull con
gress in extra session In October to con
sider the subject and with public senti
ment so overwhelmingly in favor of ad
ditional legislation for the regulation of
the railroads there Is good reason for
the president's confidence. Meanwhile
It would be wise on the part. of the cor
porations to abate hostility to the tiolicy
which Mr. Koosevelt has defined and
which the public approves, lest their op
position bring upon them something far
more distasteful to them.
The protest against the unlimited and
Indiscriminate distribution of handbill
to Utter streets and yards is timely and
to the point. The suppression of this
nulsauce In Omaha would be as gratify
ing a th anppresslon of the gentry who
make It their business to riecorat the
sidewalk with tobacco juice.
inHMitSO THE VITAL ISSVK.
On August i, 1!H4, the following reso
lution was Introduced In the water board
by K. B. Howell and adopted by the
unanimous vote of the board:
Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of
this board through Investigation made by
It that the rates charged the citizens of
Omaha by the Omaha Water company are
excessive as compared with the rates
charged in cities of similar slxe. and
Whereas. The mayor and council of the
city of Omaha have the authority and
power to regulate water rates and render
the charges made by the Omaha Water
company fair and reasonable; therefore,
be U
Resolved, That this board recommend to
the mayor and council of the city of
Omaha that the rates for water of the
Omaha Water company be Immediately
fixed by ordinance so that the same shall
be fair and reasonable.
This resolution was used effectively In
the fall campaign by Its author in so
liciting votes of water consumers nud
thousands of credulous people cast their
votes for him. Emboldened by his suc
cess Mr. Howell framed up a second
water bill by which the power to regu
late watet rates was taken from the
mayor and council and vested In the
water board under pretext that such ac
tion was Imperative In order to bring
about an immediate reduction of the
water rates.
All the time Mr. Howell must have
known that the water rates were estab
lished under a contract made with Sid
ney K. Locke and his ussigns, the Omaha
Water company, that will not expire
until 1'tfiM. In order to be consistent In
playing his role Mr. Howell prevailed
upon his colleagues of the water board
three weeks ago to announce officially
that the board was about to Issue au
edict to the water company making a
very material reduction in water rates.
Thereupon the water company secured
n temporary restraining order from the
federal court prohibiting the board from
taking any steps that would Interfere
with the collection of the preseut rates
by the water company.
To everyliody's surprise, and to the
disgust of the people who had taken
stock in his assurances, Howell filed an
affidavit in the federal court, which was
joined lu by his associates on the water
board, declaring that the water hoard
had no Intention to make the proposed
cut in water rates, but was only en
deavoring to investigate and ascertain
what would be a reasonable rate lu case
it was decided to make a cut. In mak
ing this undignified attempt to crawfish,
the Isiard Is ably seconded by two emi
nent KiMH'lully employed attorneys.
Inasmuch as the taxpayers of Oiu'alia
will have to pay a lils-ral fee to these
high-priced lawyers, they will naturally
waut to know why this evasion Is at
tempted. The main Issue and the vital
Issue In the piMjtosed regulation of water
rates Is whether the city of Omaha has
a right to regulate or reduce ;he water
rates before the expiration, of Its con
tract with the water company, unless
the city acquires the works. If the
water lmnnl does not want to meet that
Issue squarely it could have done so
without high-priced lawyers. One law
yer could have done tho business of
pleading the baby net just as well as
two. But if the board is in dead earnest
It Isaonly making a spectacle of ltelf in
declaring that It had no intention to
make a material cut in the rates, or that
It was simply Investigating how much
the rates could be cut without lieing un
reasonably low.
his fleet had leen divided. Perhaps the
admiral wants to take no chances
against having a vessel left with which
to send the news home.
A country is In a sad state when any
considerable portion of Its population
hopes to see Its armies defeated, and for
this reason the csnr might find It worth
his while to devote more attention to In
ternal affairs even at the exisuise of his
foreign war. '
M AFFAIR OF OITIS.
When the British ambassador called
on Secretary Taft to talk over the situa
tion In regard to Morocco he was In
formed that the I' tilted States had no
interest in the family quarrels of Eu
rope and would not enter the contro
versy which has been raised between
Franco and ttortnuny over commercial
privileges in the land of the Moorish
bandits. There appeared to be no doubt
that, the Oermnn government sought to
draw the I'nlted States Into the con
troversy, although It ought to have re
alized that there is no American Interest
Involved to justify our government in
taking Riiy part in the controversy. As
we pointed out some days ago, we
should naturally sympathize with an
open door policy regarding Morocco, but
we are not so deeply concerned in the
matter ns to desire to meddle in It.
As the Washington Post remarks. (Ser
um ny and France are both our friends
and It does not make a particle of dif
ference to us which one of them shall
take Morocco nud develop It. "If they
agree In the arrangement, so much the
better. In either case our trade with
Morocco will be Increased. At present
It amounts to nothing and the sooner
the absorptive process begins the bet
ter for us. as well as for Morocco." It
will be gratifying to tho country to learn
that the administration holds, to the tra
ditional policy of standing aloof from
the family quarrels of Europe though
the announcement of this was to have
been expected.
riVIL SF.liVICF. KXTEXSHiK.
Another extension of the civil service
rules was made by President Koosevelt
before leaving Washington on Ids west
ern trip, by which nearly everything has
been classified and almost the last bit of
patronage taken away from the spoils
men. It is stated that the rules are now
being so rigidly enforced that It Is al
most Impossible for a politician to find
a government, job for a constituent at
Washington or elsewhere.
It appears that the postmaster gen
eral has put into force a system of prac
tical service which takes out of the
patronage list about "tuioo fourth-class
postmasters. In recent years these
places have formed the bulk of the pat
ronage distributed to congressmen. All
the great classes of government em
ployes have been gradually put under
the civil service rules. Recently about
places were lopped off the patronage
list by mi order classifying the cashiers
and the big postoftlces, these being
strictly political Jobs, which hud hitherto
escaped the scoop net of the civil serv
ice reformers. No future appointments
may lie made to these places except
after passing the civil service examina
tion. A few days ago the president
cleaned up the situation with regard to
the employment of laborers in the gov
ernment departments. This, it seems,
has been one of the biggest loopholes
for getting around the law, but it no
longer exists and in doing away with
It the government will be relieved of
many incompetents who through it
found their wily Into the public service
after having failed to pass a civil serv
ice examination. According to n mem
ber of 11k commission the civil service
rules were never so strictly enforced
as they are at present, the example set
by 1 ho president being followed by his
cabinet officers all down the line. All
this Is what was to be expected of Mr.
Koosevelt, who throughout his public
career has been one of the most earnest
and zealous among civil service reform
ers. Long before the end of this admin
istration there will not be a crumb of
patronage for the spoilsmen.
Consolidation and concentration of
forces and energies Is the order of the
day. Iienver's Booster club with 40
members Is to be merged this week with
the Chamber of Commerce, modeled on
the Hues of the Omaha Commercial club,
which has a membership of G(H, and the
consolidated organization is to be called
the "New Chamber of Commerce." A
formal ratification of the plans of the
consolidation committees will take place
Thursday and a great gathering Is to lie
held on the night of May 1, when the
two bodies will be made one. The first
step on the program of the reorganized
I'enver Chamber of Commerce Is the
crentiou of a bureau of transportation
with the object of arbitrating unequal
rates for Iienver jobbers, merchants and
manufacturers.
I'uder the revised revenue law all rail
roads that fall tw file the schedules em
bodying exhibits of their tangible prop
erty in detail and sworn statement of
their capitalization, earnings and op
erating expenses are subject to a penalty
of $Hsj for each day'a delay after April
14. But suppose the railroads should
omit from their schedules the most Im
portant Information that would enable
the Statu Board of Assessment to arrive
at a rational conclusion as to the value
of these properties, namely, their gross
and net earnings of the previous year,
what penalty could be Imposed then ami
who would Impose the penalty?
The coming contest for the republican
uouilnation for congress In the First Ne
braska district promises to be what Ed
itor Casper would call "a scrap for your
whiskers" even though most of the
entries have no whiskers.
With the chancellor of the British ex
chequer prophesying n surplus of over
$14.tHN),(i(Ni for the next fiscal year, no
wonder Premier Balfour was unwilling
to consider the vote on the proposed fis
cal policy a test of party strength.
qaaker lly la o l,nnesome.
Philadelphia Press.
In Chicago the street railroads are to
belong to the city. In Philadelphia the
city belongs to the street rallrouds.
MnklnaT I nele Sm Look Cheap.
Baltimore American.
A Boston woninn wants the return of
45 centu from the government, which she
claims was Illegally charged for duty at
the custom house. She adds weight to the
claim by saying she needs the money. If
t'ncle Bum tinder these harrowing circum
stances, keeps that 4X cents he ought to
feel like thirty himself.
l)rmiiTr)'n Kvolntlon.
New York Tribune.
Mr. Bryan divides democrats Into progres
sives and conservatives, and says the
former are now to lead. The rank and file,
ho thinks, should now determine tho party's
policy, and to that end he Insists that the
voters at the primaries shall express their
purposes. This Is rather a new role for the
democracy, which has always heretofore
waited for Ita lenders to announce Its poli
cies and candidates, lu the present hope
lessly divided condition of the remnants of
n once great party there is little prospect
for the evolution of policies.
America's (irovrlna; aj.
Philadelphia Press.
The United States in 1904 launched a
heavier tonnage In warships than any
other country In the world. Its launches
aggregated 175.406 tons, distributed between
fourteen vessels England launched thirty
one vessels with a displacement of 1l'5.7)
tons. Our own heavy tonnage was due
to the fact that seven of our vessels were
battleships of over 13,JO0 tons and three
cruisers of 13,000 tons each. It Is progress
of this sort in our navy which gives the
Cnited States the commanding position
which It iiossesses, and on the approach of
peace In the east, a position which It is
using In order to protect the interests of
the world, Insure tranquillity in the future
and preserve China from spoliation.
The next d;iy after Admiral RoJest
vensky received his first new of the
fall of Mukden It was announced Hint
Food Fads Come sad fin.
Boston Transcript.
The "no-breakfast" fad has lived about
as long as the average health fnd. and
while It Is not dead yet It may be said to
b passing. Arguments that those who
never adopted the notion used are circu
lated by those who adopted, but are tiring
of It. chief of which Is that the system re
quires some nourishment after the long,
all-nlght fast. But the "doing without"
habit seems to be firmly fixed upon those
who give much thought to the effect of
diet, and so luncheon is getting to be a
thing of the past with them. By slow de
grees this came about, the meal usually
being cut to Its smallest proportion before
being neglected altogether. Probably this
wrinkle will endure for a time and then
the going without dinner cult will arise,
after which, perhajls, these aeekeis after
health will come baVk Into the ranks with
the great majority and live by the "three
square" rule upon which our ancestors
flourished.
NehrnsLn Drops Oat.
Topeka Capital.
The pace was too stiff for Nebraska, and
our sieter slate has given up the effort to
train in Kansas' class as a trust buster.
Nebraska has backslidden. After sending
a committee, of the legislature, to Lanxlng
to eee how the Kansas penitentiary twine
plant was run and ha-lng received a most
favorable report from the committee, some
of whose members had started out preju
diced against the project, and having ap
propriated J200,tmo by the legislature to fol
low the Kansas and Minnesota example,
Nebraska succumbs to a -ubernatorlal
veto by Mr. Mickey, and the Nebraska
wheat raisers will buy their twine here
after as heretofore from the Twine trust.
Having put its hand to the plow, Nebraska
turns hack. However, this Is hardly re
grettable. Nebraska might have failed
where Kuasaa succeeded, and certainly the
succor of the Kansas twine plant Is un
disputed. To carry on the war to a suc
cessful issue a state must have the true
trust-flghtlng corpuscles In Its blood, it
must enjoy the fight and have eupremo
confidence in Its ability to win. If Ne
braska's courage was to fall at all It was
better before the appropriation was made
and expended. But the recalcitrancy of
sister Nebraska will have no effect upon
Kansas, which has "enlisted for the war."
SH4I.I. WE BIR THR MOVEV!
A Fen Heniurks on Pious Donation
of Tainted Wherewith.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The church people who are discussing
the gift offered by Mr. Rockefeller possibly
failed to comprehend the abstract condi
tion of money.
Shakespeare had a good Idea of money
as a mere medium of exchange, and as not
carrying with It the virtue of badness of
the last man who held It. Bald Iugo to
Othello, In a speech agreeing with the
Moor that he (the Ancient) was an honest
man:
Oood name, In man and woman, dear my
lord.
Is the immediate jewel of their souls;
Who steals my purse, steal trash; 'tis
something, nothing;
Twh nitns. 'tis his, and has been slave to
thousands;
nut he that filches from me my good name,
Hobs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor Indeed.
The world la still, In fact, bartering.
Money Is merely a convenience in the ex
change of commodities. The New Fngland
Congregatlopallst. should they accept the
Rockefeller' donation, could possess them
selves of more and better church buildings
and Improved opportunities for the spread
Svf the Gospel, to say nothing of food and
raiment for the distressed who la some
degree com under the ministration of all
the churches. The fund was only "trash."
How often tn the course of financial dis
cussion has the cardinal fact been pointed
out that a person might starve alongside
a pile of money, a high as a hay stack
If nothing was to be purchased with It.
If it was ill-gotten gain here was an op
portunity to turn It to an admirable pur
pone. '
What Is to be don lth the money?
Shall It be burned If It was lu paper, or
mt'Ked If It was lu gold and inanufac.
tured over Into finger rings and oilier
ornamentation for women who are already
beautiful?
The Knqulier, reinforced by Uhakespeaie.
holds that Its statement of the case Is
sound; but If some of the church pecipl
who wsnt to decline the gift think that
our presentation Is sophistical we may be
excused on account Of our seal to see the
money go where It would undoubtedly do
the ne"t good..
tRMY ttOMP M WIJHIWTOt.
Matters of Interest (lleaaeil from the
Army and y lteler.
The grneral staff of the army Is .ecelv
Ing the report of the Isiard of army
officers detailed to examine officers of the
militia who desire to te placed on an
eligible list with a view to their selection
for the commissioned pirsonnel of a vol
unteer force raised In time of wnr. This
was a provision of the militia law and
appear to have hern Inserted without spe
cial desire and certainly without recom
mendation of the War department. There
has been a disinclination on tiie part of
militia officers to aprear as candidate
and not more than thirty officer will be
reported as qualified In all respects. Willi
such a meager list It will be out of the
question to m;ike use of these officers to
any extent, and probably by the time we
are afflicted with another war the thirty
officers now regarded as available will
have passed beyond the age limit.
The paymaster general of the army has
advised the officers of the pay department
that post exchange dues appearing on
tint I statement of enlisted men can be
taken from clothing when ray is Insuffi
cient; they cannot be taken from travel
pay or deposits. Court-martial fines can
not be deducted from clothing. This Is
the result of consulting with the auditing
officers of the Treasury department, and
the Information has been sent out for
the guidance of the army paymasters.
One of the notable events attaching to
the remodeling of the canal commission Is
the return to the I'nlted States of Major
C.eorge W. Davis, t". S. A., retired. It Is
not likely he will be very soon detailed
to 'other duty, although It Is possible he
may persuade Secretary Taft to provide
for him In some way. Genera Davis has
always been fortunate in the exercise of
his powers of persuasion, and florins his
career In th" army spent most of his time
on detached duty, much of it being In
Washington. While he was In the Philip
pines he stood very well with the present
secretary of war and, possibly, this good
impression will stand him In good stead
now. There Is no reason why any special
provision should be made for General Davis
at this time. fost people, who may be
said to be without prejudice In the matter,
will regard htm as having been favored
altogether beyond his desert, and now
that he has been recalled nnd Is on the
retired list as well. It will be considered
that he should give way to others quite
as able a he to hold down the more
attractive billets.
Lieutenant General A. R. Chaffee, chief
of staff of the armv. will shortly start, ac
cording to present plans, on an Inspection
trip to the southwest. He will visit the
army posts In that section of the country,
after the manner of the transcontinental
trip of Inspection made last year by Gen
eral Chaffee and Quartermaster General
Humphrey. It Is likely General Chaffee
will be accompanied on the present trip
by General Humphrey nnd Captain Grote
Hutcheson of the general staff. Iater in
the year. General Chaffee, returning to
Washington In the meantime probably, the
chief of staff will make an Inspection trip
to 'Alaska.
The cost of the ration of the army has
been reduced from ' to IS cents, while
that of the special diet ration furnished
at army hespltals to patient who are not
able to suhsist on the regular ration has
been reduced from 40 to 3R cents. Then
Is no change In the full allowance of r.(l
cents for the ration at Fort Rayard, N. M.
This reduction In the ration cost will not
make any difference In the nultrltivn qual
ities of ilie ration and those who receive
It In the enlisted force will not realize
the economy which has been forced upon
the commissary general. As a matter of
fact, the ration actually costs 17 cents and
It will suffer no deterioration In quality
to diminution In quantity on account of
the change which was required by con
gress In the policy of economy from which
no branch of the military establishment
was rendered exempt. The ration ap
propriation pays the expense of a large
cmnnnt of Incidentals, such a the cost
of purchasing these supplies and the pay
of the clerical force necessary in con
nection with the administration of the sub
sistence department. It I believed by
Commissary Genera Weston that there
will be ,io difficulty In making the reduc
tion In the expense so a to keep It within
the available fund without detriment to
the ration a It I known and appreciated
by the soldier In garrison and field.
Arrangements have been made at all the
army posts, where construction work I
being done under contract, for taking pho
tograph, periodically, of each project as
It progresses toward completion. Army
quartermasters In charge of the work have
been Instructed to make contracts with
local photographers to this end.
(iraft of the Tobacco Trust.
Portland Oregonlan.
The profits of tho Tobacco trust last
year were J.I.ZSS.ISL, and the Institution
(a credited with a surplus of nearly t0,-
000,000. Now that "trust-baiting" has be
come a favorite pastime, it might be a
good plan to put the Tobacco trust on the
rack. Tobacco Is not one of the necessities
Of life, hut It Is so universally used that the
consumers perhaps should not be held up
and robbed by the exorbitant demands of
the trust. This Is another of the tariff-fed
Infant Industries which already does some
thing more than sit up and take notice.
By hammering down the price of the raw
material and Increasing that of the manu
factured article, the Tobacco trust has an
unheatable system for working "both ends
against the middle."
PrrfectlnK Crotle Ideas;
Washington Post.
-The Standard Oil company did not In
vent the rebate system," says the attor
ney for that company. It Is understood,
however, that the Standard Improved iiyon
the original Invention and brought it n a
high state of perfection.
The Theatre
That was a great .show
last night
That was an awful nice
girl you had along
Probably went some place
for supper
Lobster a la Newburgh
and others
Now you don't feel right
Don't go to the office feel
ing like that
Clear up with a bottle of
Red Raven
Then you can do your
work and the old man won't
kick
fill IC
WF)lt, PFSKRVFO TROMOTIOXS.
Chances In the (rmr Following- the
Itellrement of (irnrral (.lllraple.
New York Sun.
It is teported In army circles In Wash
ington that Major General John C. Rates
will be appointed sssistant chief of stafi".
to succeed General Oillesple, when the
latter retire." in June. It is also reported
that General Rates will succeed General
Chaffee as chief of staff In April, 1.
General Rates is better known In the
army than he I outside It. No man hi
the service I more highly esteemed, and
there Is no other whose promotion would
give such genuine satisfaction to his equals
In rank, and to his subcrdlnates also, lie
Is a msn of sterling personal qualities and
a soldier trained by forty-four yeais of
service. He entered the regular army ns
a lieutenant in the Klevcnth Infantry In
ISfil, serving with the Army of the Potomac,
and on the staff of Gencr.il Meade. Ho
ssw thirty years of service on the fron
tier and held brigade and division com
mands In Cuba and the Philippines. He Is
the type of man whom his country should
delight to honor, and for whom no mili
tary honor is too great. The only cause
for regret Is that his term of service as
ch.f of staff must he brief.
Another commendable promotion is re
ported In the case of Riigiidier General
Randall, who Is to be made a major gen
eral and the retirement of General Gillesie.
He was one of the first to respond to
President TJncnln'a call, enlisting ns a
prlvnte In the Fourth Pennsylvania volun
teer Infantry In April. 111. He received .1
commission as second lieutenant In Octo
ber of that year, becoming lieutenant col
onel of the Fourteenth New York artil
lery. He was brevetted for gallantry at
Antletam, and again at Petersburg, and In
Indian warfare In Arlsona. He was as
signed to the commnd of a picked de
tachment sent to Alaska In 1N07. and was
thus deprived f an opportunity for service
In the Spanish-American war. He Is now
In command of the Department of Luzon.
He retires next October, when he reacne I
the age limit.
It Is said that the vacancy caused by
General Randall's promotion will be Illicit
by Colonel Arthur L. Wagner, who will bo j
assigned to the charge of the Army War '
college In place of General Rllss, who goes
to the Philippines. No better appointment
could be made for that post than this
West Pointer of the class of '7S. who has
made himself a remgnlzcd authority on
army organisation and tactics.
A MATTER OF HEALTH
am
III
Absolutely Pure
HAS HO SUBSTITUTE
t.FM l. J Alt..
"I wonder how Mr. Sinusa acquired ills
reputation for uprightness and candor?''
' Very easily." answered .Miss Cayenne.
"By never telling a falsehood when theis
.'! the sllglit"si danger of being caught.''
- Washington Star.
hticullus had just given his famous din
ner "A'ld It didn't come out of the Insurance
company, either." he boasted.
Herein we may see that the uncanny an
cients had still much to learn. New Yolk
Sun.
PKHSOAI. OTK.
Mayor Carter II. Harrison of Chicago
was presented with A loving cup by mem
bers of the Hoard of Kducation.
Theodore P. Khonts. the new head of the
Panama Canal commission, is of Dutch
descent, but has a strain of French Hugue
not In him.
Bibles and other books are difficult to
distribute In Turkey. A wcrk on chem
istry was rejected because H'JO (water)
was translated a "Humid Second Is a no
body." The dowager empress of China has de
cided that the Chinese lawyer who nro
on the board of punishments must study
law. The dowager seems to know tin; dis
tinction between u lawyer and a member
of the bar.
The emperor of Japan Intends lo trans
form the legation at Washington into a
full-fledged embassy. lie is greatly pleased
with the success which has attended Mr.
Takahlra In America In keeping on cor
dial terms with the people.
Donald G. Mitchell, whose storle under
the pen name of "Ik Marvel," have been
widely read, Is living quietly at his home
In New Haven. Conn., and will shortly
celebrate his 83d birthday. He Is still In
the full possession of his vigorous Intel
lect.
Chicago has decided to build a new court
house on the ruitiB of the present rookwy.
A large number of names of bygone county
statesmen adorned the balustrade of the
present building. Should like graven fame
be given the building of the new court
house It is hoped they will be placed high
above the gaae of scoffers and match
scratchers.
"He s forever making slurring remarks
about Philadelphia. I.oston, Chicago''
"Yes. he wants to give the impression
that lies a .New Yorker."-Philadelphia
led-?r.
"I don't understand u. Mr. Harris."
said the young woman boarder. "You say
t in a record oreaker. In what way?"
"In the way ot breaking records," Mid
the boarded with the grn phophone, "Pirfn't
vou hear something crack when you sat
ilnwn In that rocking chair Just now?"
Chicago Tribune.
Freddv-Say. old chap, how do you man
age to kiss a girl when the chaperon i
light close by?
I'eddv Why, by kissing the chaperon
first. iletroit Tribune.
Miss Justin-11 o tell me! What la the
newest thing In swell gowns?
Miss lariuu v ny. near, you an. ni-
j tago Tribune.
"You don't wtiiee then that seeing is be
lieving?' "
"Not mucn: I see some people every nsj
that I never could believe." Philadelphia
Press,
"I suppose you have said some things
you were sorry fer In your public career. '
"I have." answered Senator Horghuiu. "t
once said 'ves' to Jfi0.i when I might
lust as well have had lioo.ona." Washing
ton Star.
Hannibal was crossing the Alps.
"Yes." he boasted. "1 know Italy lies be
yond 'em. A sweet girl graduate told
ine so."
Armed with this information, he marched
valiantly forward. New York Sun.
Swiftly whlzsed nnd wheezed the auto
mob'le down the boulevard.
"What is that little pocket for?" asked
the voung woman, us a leather projection
on the back of the seat lu front of hr
caught her eye.
"That's where we carry the er autonin
blblc." answered the young man. Chicago
Tribune.
PHF.f F.PTH HIS TO RARTH.
Chicago Record-Herald.
He never took a day of rest.
He couldn't afford It:
He never had his trousers pressed.
Ho couldn't afford It,
He never went away, care free,
To visit distant hinds, to se
How fair a place this world might ba,
He couldn't afford it.
He never went to see a play,
He couldn't affort It.
His love for art he put away.
He couldn't afford it.
He died and left his heirs a lot.
But no tall shaft proclaims the spot
In whlr.h he lies his children thought
They couldn't afford It.
Of course Ghirardelli's
Ground Chocolate is a per
fect morning drink, but it
tastes good and does good
at any time of day.
Ghirardelli's is the drink
ideal for every meal.
More convenient and economictl
than cake chocolate.
G
M
:BEfflK
GROUND
OOO Ei ATE-
Browning, Ming & Co
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS, AND n ATS
COVERT 0VER.C0ATS
The difftTcnco between the old and
the new it this:
Thin year'n TopcoatK are a trifle
longer; the nkirt is fairly full, but shaped
in at the back. I! road (shoulder? and
heavier lapeln and collars, with a de
cidedly pointed notch. The sleeves have
rows of stitching instead of buttons.
Lined with serge or silk,
13 to UI.
" lUln-rtii fic new Uml lite olil," mid limu Jlruin
mtl, "a very Unit diffti tim muAt oil the difference
in Vie irorUl."
FliteenUi and OMAHA
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